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noun

plural of lesson

as in assignments

something assigned to be read or studied your lesson for tonight will be the chapter on chemical reactions

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lesson

as in teaches

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field would tirelessly lesson the children in proper manners

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But there’s also the potential to keep the stories alive from survivors of conflicts, who would otherwise die and take with them lessons future generations could learn from. — Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026 Families spend thousands on travel teams, private lessons and tournaments. — Jonathan Alpert Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Results don’t matter in the preseason — but lessons still can be learned. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026 The lessons became a style guide and a reusable library of facial expressions. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 In recent years, hard lessons have been learned about the dangers of outsourcing defense supply lines to foreign companies, so there is a concerted push to redevelop homegrown industrial and development capabilities. — David Szondy october 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 Such is the fate of historians—no one seems to take their lessons of the past seriously. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Ripert eventually translated these lessons into a secular book for professional chefs and home cooks alike. — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2026 There are important investing lessons to learn from Microsoft's road back to its first record close in almost a year. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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Questions — and hopefully lessons Backcountry around the world are waiting for officials to release more information about what decisions Blackbird’s guides made leading into the tragedy. — Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026

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The White House has continued to restrict CNN from certain assignments, including flying on Air Force One on presidential trip.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Those assignments do not necessarily represent lawsuits filed in court.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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Independent retail teaches you to forecast off real reorders instead of hopeful projections, and to line up production with what is actually moving.

— Joel Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
As Stephen Sondheim teaches us, (forgettable) content dictates (forgettable) form.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of teaches

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There are no audible alarms, as the monitor does not have a speaker, nor is there a display that shows the AQ readings.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
The Holloways said Cook Children’s staff failed to properly monitor Layton and properly respond to his low blood sugar readings.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026

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The organization educates veterans about underutilized resources and opportunities.

— Monique John, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Eton College, located in the English county of Berkshire a stone’s throw from Windsor Castle, educates boys aged 13 to 18 and accepts around 270 students per academic year.

— Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of educates

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Dean Fabrizio and James Teter, each hired in 2009, have been at their Class 6A schools the longest.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday.

— JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026

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